In the following sentence, what word does the participial phrase modify?

Everyone in the annex heard her screaming loudly.
A. Everyone
B. annex
C. heard
D. her
Is the answer C? Thank you on advance

answers to test

1A: d
1B: c
3:d
4: c
5: b
6: d
7: a
8: b
your welcome

No.

Which is the participial phrase?

Is the answer B?

Please answer my question. Then I'll help you from there.

I thought that the word had to end in ing or ed. That's why I choose C. Other than that I don't understand.

You're right. A participle ends in ing or ed.

Please study this site to learn how to identify a participial phrase.

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/participlephrase.htm

I just took th test the answer is her

isn't it her

To determine which word the participial phrase modifies in the sentence "Everyone in the annex heard her screaming loudly," you need to identify the participial phrase first.

The participial phrase in this sentence is "screaming loudly." This phrase is made up of the present participle "screaming" and the adverb "loudly."

Now, to determine which word it modifies, you need to ask yourself what is being described or modified by the act of "screaming loudly." In this case, it is "her" that is doing the action of "screaming loudly." Therefore, the correct answer is D. her.

So, yes, your answer that the participial phrase "screaming loudly" modifies the word "her" is correct.